Intralink Insights

The visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to London at the end of 2023 has sparked great interest among UK tech scaleups in the rapidly growing Korean market. With the support of the government-sponsored UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme, British scaleups are in a strong position to venture into the Korean market.

Stewart Randall, the Head of our Electronics Practice, has just been with our Taipei team at Semicon Taiwan – the world’s biggest semiconductor expo. They were there to help manage a mission of UK semiconductor pioneers, arrange match making meetings with Taiwanese companies and host an evening reception, as well as to see the latest trends in the industry in Asia.

Last week, our team visited the RISC-V Summit China 2023 held in Beijing – the first of this size and scope since the COVID pandemic. The show was a chance for RISC-V developers and community members to meet up and exchange updates on the latest chip designs, tech innovations and new applications within the sector.

South Korea is renowned as the home of Hyundai and Kia and as the fifth largest global automotive producer. It’s no secret that it had fallen slightly behind in autonomous vehicle (AV) development compared with the US and some European countries. But it’s catching up fast now – and offers western tech firms plenty of opportunities to play a part in its nascent AV industry. 

Last week, our China team attended Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai and Semicon China to check out the country's latest developments in telecoms and semiconductors.

Our COO, Jeremy Shaw, recounts London Tech Week’s inescapable signs that the UK’s tech sector is the one to watch; explains why, for many UK innovators, looking eastward is the way to kick start global success; and highlights how they can use subsidised services like the new UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme to make that a reality.